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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1946
Page
6
A Health Bureau guide urges including non meat proteins and dairy in daily diets. It emphasizes milk cheese dried beans peas and nuts as protein sources for children from age one onward and recommends two servings of non meat proteins daily along with fruits vegetables and grains to meet nutrition needs.
Mr and Mrs Edward A Cottingham host at their home 287 E State St for the Grones Lintner rehearsal dinner with 24 guests at six oclock following the rehearsal at St Pauls Church Cincinnati and Athens are represented by family friends and neighbors in a crowded social page item including bridesmaids and attendants and the flower girls Ann Smith and Linda Wiesneier followed by a church class meeting and home tea notes off the social column describe furniture cleaning tip using pure soap and cloth to care for mahogany pieces
Out of town relatives and guests arrive for the wedding of Miss Hattie Lu Grones and Mr Charles O Lintner set for 3 PM Saturday at St Pauls Church. Attendees include Mrs K Carr of Princeton WV, Mrs Dow Grones Sr Elmvocod Place, Brown Warren and aunt George Fors otarleston WV, Mrs Nelle Robinson and Mrs Bicknell Foraker, Rot J L Lee Ella Chaich of Chicago, and Mr Charles Lintner and his father H J Lintner of Cincinnati.
The September Clarks Chapel WSCS gathered at Mrs. Doris Bennett home with devotions by Mrs. Nellie Phillips and a memorial for Miss Mary Snow. A Bennett College talk was given by Mrs. Helen Walls, and a quilt block sewing session was planned at Mrs. Nelle Bell home. Birth announced for Barbara Sue Will, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Will of Athens, born Sept 23 at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Grandparents listed as Dr. and Mrs. A B Bingham and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Will.
The Plains FHA Club held its first regular meeting on Monday September 23 with Caryol Ann Bean as president. Officers, awards, committees, and upcoming events including a joint meeting with Ames Bern were announced, plus a recipe feature for mashed sweet potatoes with apples and cooking tips.
Miss Barbara Morrison of Jackson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Morrison, was initiated into Gamma Upsilon Chapter of Alpha Iota International Honorary Business Sorority at a Sept 28 banquet held after a formal event at Hotel Seneca. She is among 14 honored nationwide from Bliss Business College. The sorority requires high scholarship leadership personality and character, with chapters tied to 87 business schools in the United States and Canada.
Ruth Millett argues shortages have trained Americans to be patient negotiators. She notes people use soft persuasive tactics with store clerks bakers landlords and service workers to obtain favors or concessions, adopting sympathetic listening and courteous language.
A Wisner column describes a dinner-time power outage on Church Street and how it spurs thoughts on electric dependence. Ken Louis Bromfield’s Athens visit and his warnings about America’s food resources and soil echo through a late night reflection on national resilience and Britain’s Suez dependence. The writer recalls the radio’s Stars and Stripes Forever and ends with washing dishes and pondering the World Today.
Mrs. F. H. Sherwood, former Mantua Record publisher and editor, has retired and now resides in Athens with her son-in-law and daughter Prof. and Mrs. W. Oliver Martin at 24 Woodard Ave. Since her husband’s death eight years ago she ran the Mantua Record and earlier was a newspaper partner of her late husband. She arrived in Athens early this month to greet her family, including professor of philosophy at Ohio University, two sons Dick and Tommy, and daughter Carol.
Major Arones Dow Grones and a long list of relatives and friends travel from Cincinnati Springfield and Los Angeles to attend the Grones Lintner wedding. The wedding is set for Saturday with extended family staying at various homes in the area including Elmwood Place and nearby streets.
The Women's Christian Temperance Union met at the Methodist Church on Wednesday afternoon October 2 with Mrs. W E Clark presiding. Miss Blanche Phillips was introduced as the new WCTU president after reporting on the state convention in Columbus. The program included a Literary Digest article read by Mrs. Melen Lawrence, and the next meeting is set for November 6 with details forthcoming.
Annual guest day by Sayre Study Circle held Tuesday afternoon at Mrs. J. R. Sprague Morris Ave home with president Mrs. B. J. Schwarzel presiding. Mrs. W. Thuston sang two numbers, L. Bean reviewed Chive Malone by Fannie Hoastip TM Lea. Hostesses were Mrs. Sprague and Mrs. D. C. Snow with assistance from Mrs. Sprague's daughter. Meeting canceled before Oct. 1 due to dates conflict.
An old fashioned belting and shower for Mr and Mrs Wilbur MedKnight is planned for Mundas October 7 at 8 p.m. at Rome. Bride’s parents are Mead Mrs Glen Ervin Athens Route 1. All trends invited.
The fall meeting of the Chilli cothe District conference of Lae Methodist Church was held Wednesday Circleville. HOE Brisht, district superintendent, presided. Miss Gay Baker and Miss Yvonne Ravers, Ohio University students and mers of Wesley Foundation, discussed the work of Woestes Foundation. Miss Dolores Rinehart, also an Ohio University student and the president of the Methodist Youth Fellowship, gave a speech about the Fellowship. Present at the meeting from Athens were the Rev. Kellogg, the Rev. Don Allen, and Mrs. Dorothy Williams.
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